50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 1 month agoShit is getting serious when /Comics lockdown stuff and start banning people that commented in it when it hit front page.r.50501.chatimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1420arrow-down1imageShit is getting serious when /Comics lockdown stuff and start banning people that commented in it when it hit front page.r.50501.chat50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 month agoNope. Half-mast or half-staff would both be correct.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·1 month agoThe US flag code makes that specification.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoThe English language does not. This comic wasn’t produced by the US flag code.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·1 month agoBut it is about the flag…
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoIt’s being spoken by an everyday person. That is a term that everyday people use. It makes no sense to take issue with it.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·1 month agoIt makes no sense to correct someone when they’re wrong?
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoIf you wish to correct an entire culture against using a common idiom, enjoy your uphill battle. Everybody says half-mast.
minus-squareAlpha71@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIndeed, I’m half mast right now…
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoIt’s ok to just let some things go.
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoyes, the funny textile with graphics that is commonly associated with polls. your point being?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe same one that disallows thin blue line flags? And flags with AI buff trump printed on them? And the president humping a flagpole during a press conference? If they don’t care about it why should you?
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoYep, those are all examples of breaking the flag code. why should you? I hold myself to a higher standard than those brain dead people. I’m not perfect, but when something is this easy to follow, why wouldn’t I?
Nope. Half-mast or half-staff would both be correct.
The US flag code makes that specification.
The English language does not. This comic wasn’t produced by the US flag code.
But it is about the flag…
It’s being spoken by an everyday person. That is a term that everyday people use. It makes no sense to take issue with it.
It makes no sense to correct someone when they’re wrong?
If you wish to correct an entire culture against using a common idiom, enjoy your uphill battle. Everybody says half-mast.
Indeed, I’m half mast right now…
Not everybody
It’s ok to just let some things go.
yes, the funny textile with graphics that is commonly associated with polls. your point being?
The same one that disallows thin blue line flags? And flags with AI buff trump printed on them? And the president humping a flagpole during a press conference? If they don’t care about it why should you?
Yep, those are all examples of breaking the flag code.
I hold myself to a higher standard than those brain dead people. I’m not perfect, but when something is this easy to follow, why wouldn’t I?